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Lhasa

城关区ཁྲིན་ཀོན་ཆུས།
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Chengguan
District
城关区ཁྲིན་ཀོན་ཆུས
From upper left: roof of the Jokhang Temple; Norbulingka monastery main gate; Potala Palace; Wheel of Dharma and prayer wheels (bottom), Jokhang; satellite picture of Lhasa
From upper left: roof of the Jokhang Temple; Norbulingka monastery main gate; Potala Palace; Wheel of Dharma and prayer wheels (bottom), Jokhang; satellite picture of Lhasa
Chengguan District (pink) within Lhasa (yellow)
Chengguan District (pink) within Lhasa (yellow)
Country  China
Region Tibet Autonomous Region
Prefecture-level city Lhasa
Government
 • Type District (China)
Area
 • District 525 km2 (203 sq mi)
 • Urban
77.88 km2 (30.07 sq mi)
Elevation
3,656 m (11,995 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • District 279,074
 • Density 531.6/km2 (1,377/sq mi)
 • Major Ethnic groups
Tibetan; Han; Hui
 • Languages
Tibetan Mandarin Jin language (Hohhot dialect)
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
850000
Area code(s) 891

Lhasa (Tibetan: [ལྷ་ས།] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help); Chinese: 拉萨) is a city in Tibet. It is one of the highest cities in the world. It has many Tibetan Buddhist sites such as the Potala Palace, Jokhang and Norbulingka.

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Chengguan (Lhasa) para niños

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